Show i CLOSECALL Porto P fa Tariff Bill Cor s Mi a Vole V t in i the SenateI 1 UPPER HOUSE DAZED J Challenge tof Senator Allen S Quickly Accepted I BLUFF CALLED AT ONCE 1 I Kebraskan Had Floor and Taunted I Republicans With What He Called Their Policy of Delay Emboldened Embold-ened by Their Silence He Dared Them to Bring Porto Rican Tariff Bill a it Passed House to 0 Vote in Senate Porakor Instantly Accepted i Ac-cepted and Asked for Unanimous Consent t Take Vote at Once or Any Time During the Afternoon Ay Tmo During An Agreement for n Vote Was About Being Mado When Pettus Ended Episode by Demanding Hogulav Order I S TRIBUNE BUREAU 501 Fourteenth ntrcct 1 Washington D C March 22 1900 I looked for a few minutes Ibis after would be vote noon a though there a In the Senate on the Porto Rican tariff hill The conference report on the Porto Rican relief bill was before the Senate and Mr Allen was making apolitical a-political speech lauptlng the Republicans Republi-cans with what he called their policy of delay and procrastination Emboldened Embold-ened by their silence he shouted at them You do not dare to bring the S Porto Rican tariff bill as It passed the louse to 0 vote In the Senate CHALLENGE ACCEPTED Senator Foraker who has the bill inS In-S charge was Instantly on his feet accepting ac-cepting tile challenge He asked for the unanimous consent to lake the voto I Immediately or at any time this afternoon after-noon Allen was willing Everybody I ceemed dazed for a moment Then Mr Bacon said he would like I the taking of the vote postponed till I tomorrow so he and others could thinkS think-S upon a Cow amendments to offer When this was arranged Mr Berry vho has been away campaigning for reelection had to have it explained I to him that the House bill was before I I the Senate By the time he hail grasped the parliamentary situation Pioctor of I Vermont who favors free trade with Porto Rico came In from the cloakroom S cloak-room and found out what was going on Ho said he and the other Republicans Repub-licans who favor free trade were taken S by surprise and he objected to a vole before the middle of next week CALLED FOR REGULAR ORDER An agreement for a vote next Tuesday I Tues-day was about tovbe reached when 3Ir Pettus who had been quietly writing writ-ing said the proceedings were out of order I dont think he said the Senator I Sena-tor from Nebraska and tho Senator from Ohio should take up the time of the Senate bragging against each other p s I demand the regular order That was the conference report I Alleniwho was on the lloor said I i knew somebody on the Republican side would object The Senator from Ohio undertook lo 1 run a bluft and hla own party called him So ended the episode which impressed those who witnessed jt thai thcro were enough Republican Senators ready to vote for It to pass the House Porto I Rlcan tariff bill as it came to the Senate t Sen-ate Senator Bevcrldges indcllnlte for free 1 postponement of the speech or trade with Porto Rico which he had I announced for today lends to conllrm that impression |